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Recent news stories have suggested that a new probiotic pill could cure both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. However, much more research is required before these claims can be substantiated, writes Pamela Mason.

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So, step into the limelight! In this article we review the current thinking in the management of heartburn and acid reflux in community pharmacies, and provide guidance and practical tools for the entire pharmacy team to support a customer-centric approach to care.

According to research by University College London (The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294:293), the drop in the number of smokers who quit smoking through the NHS Stop Smoking Service was mainly a result of insufficient investment in advertisement for the service. I believe the decline is also caused by the low remuneration ...

I was most agreeably surprised when watching ‘Breakfast’ on BBC to learn that the Royal College of General Practitioners is recommending that every GP practice should have its own pharmacist. Also it was good to see the interview with a pharmacist working in such a practice. From what the pharmacist was saying, it would seem to be ideal for all parties with the pharmacist managing many long-term patients. He also suggested that such arrangements would mop up the current surplus of pharmacists.
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Reader's comment

NHS England have had 2 years to undertake an impact assessment, so there's small chance of them doing it over the next 2 weeks remaining. Central NHSE support for the various Area Teams, who have inherited LPS since they are not national contracts, has been conspicuous in its absence. As a result, the ATs themselves seem to be winging it as best they can, and existing LPS contractors are actually doing the research work NHSE should have done, as part of their new contract proposals.

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The Pharmaceutical Journal (PJ) is the official weekly journal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. With a circulation of over 30,000 copies the PJ has the largest circulation of any weekly pharmaceutical publication in the world.